On Friday, the organisers of the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open Tennis Championships announced that the 2016 tournament will take place from Saturday 15 October to Saturday 22 October 2016 (finals day).

The details were confirmed after the Womens Tennis Association (WTA)'s board met and approved the year end schedule for 2016. The Luxembourg tournament will be held during Week 42, the same week as the Mousow tournament, with both hosting finals on the Saturday as the WTA Finals are being held the following week.

The race point of the tournament will count towards the current year's race and the WTA finals.

Also, the WTA will provide private jet service for any player that reaches the Singles Finals of Luxembourg and/or Moscow who has qualified as one of the Top 8 for the WTA Finals.

For further details, see www.bglbnpparibas-open.lu.